THE REGIONAL MILITARY MUSEUM
The Regional Military Museum
Located near historic downtown Houma, the Regional Military Museum is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit dedicated to preserving the memory of those who have served. While displaying artifacts from the Civil War to the modern-day, the museum also focuses on local history, preserving the memory of South Louisiana in WWII. Travel back to a time where Houma housed a massive blimp base to help combat the German u-boat threat in the Gulf of Mexico and German POWs worked the sugarcane and rice fields. The museum is also developing exhibits on the American Revolution, the War of 1812, and the Civil War in South Louisiana, highlighting the role that our region played in our nation’s past conflicts.
Our museum is not just static, but a living history. We allow guests to sit in our authentic military jeeps, hold drilled rifles, put on military helmets, and to take schedule rides on our fully operational LCVP. We realize that everyone has a story to tell, and many of our donated uniforms are accompanied by stories from the soldiers who wore them. We feel this enhances the experience of learning history by making it more personal. You’re learning about the actual men and women who fought in these wars, rather than just the war itself. Aside from artifacts and uniforms, museum displays include an authentic Bell UH-1 Iroquois “Huey” helicopter that was used during combat in Vietnam, an F-4 Phantom retired by the Air Force, a full-scale model of a TBM Avenger, the same plane that President George H.W. Bush piloted in WWII, and XM474 Pershing Missile Carrier that we take guests for rides on, and the museum is also proud to display one of President Eisenhower’s Air Force One Aero Commanders.
We hope you plan to visit us soon!